Pumpkin Pie Craft: Thankfulness Activity for Kids

I love the idea of Thankfulness activities for kids and this simple pumpkin pie paper plate craft is suitable for even young kids to make with a bit of help – plus it’s a great way to practice scissor skills.

What’s more you can also use this easy craft as a simple kid made Thanksgiving decoration so if your kids are ready for something creative it’s a great way to show off their skills to the whole family – and of course to keep reminding them all the things they’re thankful for.

 

Paper Plate Pumpkin Pie Craft

Thanksgiving is one of those times of year that adults and kids really look forward too, so why not make the most of the occasion by doing some themed crafts and activities with your child.

This thankful pie craft for kids is easy to make, uses materials that you probably own already and is a great way to open up conversations with your child about what you are grateful for.

Free Thanksgiving Printables

If you’d like to do more creative activities with your child this Thanksgiving why not check out some of our downloadable PDFs? We have tons of free templates for kids to craft with, coloring pages and printable activities that you can enjoy together.

You can print as many copies as you like so they’re perfect as well if you need an activity for a group of children either at home, in kindergarten, preschool or in a classroom.

• Turkey Template
• Pumpkin Pie Craft Template
• Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt
• Thanksgiving Coloring Sheet
• Corn Template
• Cut and Paste Turkey Craft Printable

Thankful Pie Craft Materials

• Paper Plate
• Paintbrushes
• Scissors
• White cardstock
• Paint

How to create your pumpkin pie thankfulness activity

Start by painting your paper plate, I used an orange paint for the pie itself and a brown paint for the pie crust.

Unsurprisingly paints don’t seem to come in ‘pie crust’ colour (someone needs to make that now!) so I mixed a little brown paint with some white, it’s still a little browner than I’d like but this is probably a good representation of my cooking skills too.

Next up is your whipped cream. While the paint is drying cut some circles out of white card and ask your kids to write what they are thankful on them.

I sometimes find that when I’m talking with my kids about things that we are thankful for the answers can get a bit samey – you know – the ones they know off by heart to say.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong in being thankful for family, friends and home (be thankful for them! They are great!) but if you want your kids to think outside the box a bit then these gratitude conversation starters from Creative Family Fun are a brilliant idea or Kids Activities Blog have a kids gratitude journal if you’d like to keep something going long term.

Of course if you are making this with a group of kids and don’t have any white cardstock then using white circle stickers might be a bit more effective for time (any maybe your purse?!)

Once your paint is dry cut your pie into slices and pop your whipped cream circles on top.

Want to use this as a decoration? Simple just pop a hole in the top of each pie slice and thread through some bakers twine – I much prefer this to normal string as it looks so much nicer when you hang things up.

If you like this craft make sure that you bookmark it or pin the image at the bottom of this page so you don’t forget about it – I know how hectic this time of year can be!

Want more Thanksgiving crafts and activities? Of course you do! If you have paper plates left over why not try our movable Mayflower ship craft.

Fancy something the kids can play with? This paper bag turkey is perfect.

And of course you can check out our favourite Thanksgiving crafts for kids here.